BEIJING: A Chinese assistant foreign minister has been dismissed from his post and placed under investigation, Beijing said Friday, amid a much-publicized anti-corruption campaign.

Zhang Kunsheng, one of four officials with the title, was "suspected of violating discipline," the foreign ministry said in a brief post on its website, using a phrase often employed as a euphemism for corruption.

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